AHCA’s Parkinson ‘cautiously optimistic,’ despite sequester and other looming fiscal...
By
John O'Connor
Mar 07, 2013
A newly enacted sequester may be trimming Medicare payments to skilled nursing operators, but the sector remains strong and poised for future growth. That assessment was delivered Wednesday by the head...
Nursing homes suffering from reimbursement shifts to home care, market analysis finds
By
Tim Mullaney
May 14, 2014
Reimbursement is shifting to home health, hurting the finances of skilled nursing facilities, a newly released market analysis states.
Long-term care leaders, investors to gaze into their crystal balls at Los Angeles meetings
Mar 04, 2011
A pair of investment and operations forums for long-term care operators and lenders will take place next week at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. “New opportunities, new realities:...
Bipartisan bill proposes new provider networks to serve chronically ill seniors
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 16, 2014
Skilled nursing and rehabilitation providers would be able to join networks dedicated to treating chronically ill Medicare patients, under a new bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday in both houses of Congress....
Brookdale targets new goal: national brand recognition
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 01, 2014
Brookdale Senior Living is known as one of the largest U.S. assisted living operators, but the Tennessee-based company has ambitious plans to establish itself as the national leader across the whole continuum...
Support for Medicare-style, government long-term care insurance program surges, large AP-University of...
By
Tim Mullaney
May 20, 2014
The idea of a government-run long-term care insurance program similar to Medicare has become much more popular in the last year, according to the findings of a large nationwide survey. Independent research...
McKnight’s awards open
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2014
The entry period is now open for McKnight’s 3rd annual Excellence in Technology program.
McKnight’s Roundtable: Prescription for change
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 01, 2014
When top long-term care executives and physicians meet, visions for a new future of longterm care technology, care processes and payment mechanisms soon follow
Faith-based provider forced to sell off 6 nursing homes
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 01, 2013
Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, one of the nation’s largest faith-based long-term care providers, has announced it will sell its six nursing homes and one assisted...
Amount of post-acute care accounts for regional differences in Medicare spending, report says
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 26, 2013
Geographic variations in Medicare payments can be largely explained by how much skilled nursing and post-acute care is being used, according to a recently released interim report from the Institute of...